Made an appointment for my 3 dogs - one dog needed a full groom, one needed a sanitary cut, and the other just a bath. The owner Lisa quoted me $185 for all 3 of my pups and included additional cost for matting because I advised her up front that my pup for groom was severely matted all over and my pup for sanitary cut had bad mattes under her ears and on the backs of her legs. Appointment day rolls around and my experience started off terribly from the jump. The woman opening that day was over 30 minutes late. When she FINALLY arrived, she had her own dog running loose behind the counter and it was bouncing up and down like a ping pong ball so I asked her if it is always loose and hyper when there are customers' dogs there for grooming. She immediately got rude demanding, "Why? Is your dog aggressive?!" I told her, "No, he will not bite, but if your hyperactive dog jumps on his face, he will growl to let her know that she's invading his personal space as he's older and doesn't like that." She refused to listen and when her dog jumped on mine's face, he growled, her dog cowered away, and my dog walked away to sniff around. He NEVER even bared his teeth at her dog, but the woman insisted I place him in a separate area fenced off from other dogs. I immediately accommodated her request although I felt it ridiculous as her dog was out of control and untrained. I then brought in my two small dogs and went over in detail with two different employees exactly what needed to be done for each. They both repeated it back to me so I went to work with the understanding that my dogs would be taken care of as requested. Sometime later in the morning, I received a call from Lisa that the groomer had nicked one of my dog's eyelids when attempting to cut off a mat, but that it wasn't serious and was no longer bleeding. As I have worked in several veterinarian clinics that offered grooming services, I was understanding because I know that these are living animals that move and accidents happen and she said it was JUST A NICK. A few hours later, I get a text message from the owner that there is another issue with another one of my dogs and they were not going to finish her groom. I called immediately to find out what the problem was and, after speaking with the owner, she agreed to finish the sanitary cut as discussed. However, when I arrived at 4:30 to pick up my dogs, my American Bulldog (bath only) had been cut on his ear and quikstop (the stuff used when a dog's nails are cut too short) was used to stop the bleeding. My "double-coated" long-haired dachshund (sanitary cut only) had been shaved down nearly to her skin, completely ruining her coat and making her unable to heat and cool her body properly. The worst was the nick that wasn't just a nick. My dog's eye was still bleeding when I picked her up as they nearly cut her eye lid completely OFF! To add insult to injury, the owner actually had the audacity to charge me MORE than we initially agreed upon saying that the injuries happened to my dog's because of my neglect. I didn't want to end up in jail for assualt so I threw the $200 across the counter and left with my traumatized dogs. Not only should Lisa have waived all charges, she should have paid the vet bill for my dog that they nearly blinded. Vet told us they were less than 1mm from blinding her in that eye.
THESE PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND THIS PLACE SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN PERMANENTLY!!!!!! read more